Category Archive: BS Daily Tune Up
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Stroker Ace” by The Charlie Daniels Band Plus Movie Footage
Stroker Ace, starring Burt Reynolds was not some serious race piece by a lot, but did predate Days of Thunder by 7 years. And Loni Anderson was in it, and at the time was a hot young newbie to the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Boston Bruins Edition
The song itself is the same as always. The way it is sung however defies description. If this one doesn’t choke you up and make you proud to be a human, I don’t know what will. This is a...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Back Home In Indiana” Jim Nabors. He Will Be There Today Singing!
Jim Nabors, who’s famed rendition of “Back Home In Indiana” has served as a start of the Indy 500 for the past 36 years. He has missed two Indy 500’s, including 2012, but was...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Racing In The Street” Bruce Springsteen (1978)
The description of the car, the strip, the girl, the dream…all of it romanticizes street racing just like all our own old stories. It’s not that the details are more or less real from one...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Finish Line – Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush (1980)
Man, you all have Johnny Hunkins of Popular Hot Rodding to thank for this one! I was hanging out with him at the Goodguys Nashville show one night and of course the topic came to music. Johnny is a...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Jet Airliner – The Steve Miller Band (1977)
Here’s a fitting one to round out the BangShift blog week with as both Chad and I have been on planes heading to different places since you last read the blog yesterday. Chad winged off to...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Truck Yeah – Tim McGraw (2012)
While I am not a huge country music fan, I do love trucks and this video is chock full of them. Not only that, they are cool old trucks blowing donuts, throwing rocks, and burning out. Lots of...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: KISS – Detroit Rock City (1976)
Is Detroit Rock City about cars? Not really, but Detroit is the ancestral home for just about every hot rodder who loves old American iron so that’s why we’re throwing some KISS up in...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Steve McQueen – Sheryl Crow (2002)
Sure Sheryl Crow may have some interesting views on toilet paper usage and politics, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that she can jam. Her 2002 song Steve McQueen was an homage to one...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Up Around The Bend” Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival is an American favorite, and “Up Around The Bend” is a song that you know at the first note. We thought it was fitting since we are on the cusp of summer road...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen 1975 Wayne’s World Edition!!! Pacer Fans Unite!
When Bohemian Rhapsody first came out in 1975 it went to number 1 on the UK charts and then reached the top of the UK charts again in 1991 when Freddy Mercury died. It went to the number 2 spot on...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Drive My Car” by The Beatles (1965)
Since everything the Beatles touched turned to gold, the tune “Drive My Car” was an instant hit. According to Paul McCartney, “Drive My Car” was code for sex back in the early...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Trampled Underfoot” by Led Zeppelin 1975
Led Zeppelin’s “Trampled Underfoot” is all about cars. Or love. Hmmmm. Or is it? The song was supposedly written during a jam session sometime in 1972 and then later recorded on the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “This Car Of Mine” by The Beach Boys 1964
Released on the March 1964 Album “Shut Down” Volume 2, “This Car of Mine” isn’t the go to car song from the Beach Boys, but the truth is it’s probably as true a...